November 28, 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:

WINNING THE SECOND BILLION^® TOGETHER!

At the Oceania Billion Soul Summit, leaders committed to double the size of the Church in Oceania! Already, Christian Mission Fellowship of Fiji has planted more than 1,000 churches in more than one hundred nations.

Dear Visionary Leader,

We are grateful for the faith of our fathers and also the faith of our friends. Faith is caught just as much as it is taught. Leaders are known for what they say and do, and also by the friends they choose to add influence into their lives.

Years ago, business leader Dennis Waitley said, “You can always spot the losers in life because they spend their time trying to make others look bad in order to make themselves look good.” In other words, they
don’t have to mature if they can make others look immature; they don’t have to strive for excellence if they can make others look ineffective.

Unreached Peoples Meeting at Oceania Summit

Entering the holiday season amidst global difficulties, we need to sing in the midst of suffering. We can have victory in the valley. Centuries ago, Habakkuk struggled with the issues of life. Yet, he went from the valley to victory, from hard times to high times, and from praying to God to praising God. Habakkuk learned to rejoice in the God of his salvation. The message below will help you lead others.

At the Oceania Summit this week, key leaders from throughout the islands focused on planting five million new churches for a BILLION SOUL harvest. Many more unreached people groups were adopted and church leaders committed to double the size of the Church in Oceania and throughout the world. So far this year, visionary-minded leaders have committed to plant more than two million new churches in the next ten to fifteen years. We look forward with great anticipation to 2009!

Network News

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HILLSONG HOPE IN BRAZIL
Hillsong musicians, led by Darlene Zschech, just completed a two-week Brazil ministry tour. They ministered to more than one-half million people, with their smallest attendance at seventy thousand people! Hillsong Senior Pastor Brian Houston, Sydney, Australia, taught last Sunday, “What leaders do with what is in their hand will determine what happens to what God has put in their heart.” Wording on the front of the Hillsong Church declares, “Jesus, The Hope For Humanity.”

ADRIAN ROGERS DELIVERED!
The entire Pastor Training Institute by Adrian Rogers was edited for international pastors outside the US, put into PAL versions, and is now being translated into Spanish. Pastor Suliasi Kurulo only had audio cassettes of Dr. Rogers and received with joy the master DVD’s that can be used to train pastors throughout the Pacific! Purchase your PTI “seminary in a box” at www.PastorTraining.com

IMPROVE YOUR PREACHING
FOR 2009!
Invest just 52 hours in January to prepare for 52 weeks of preaching in 2009. Dr. Paul Walker is a “Prince of the Pulpit” and expert in local church development. He is preparing to deposit the “best” of his preaching expertise into your life at the Giving Blood preaching conference January 14-16, 2009 in Houston.

Pastoral Coaching

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Steps to achieving high times in the midst of hard times are outlined in Habakkuk, chapter three. During the holidays, let us apply these steps in our devotion and daily practices. We need to:

1. Pray For The Power Of God (3:1-2)
   1. To Stir Our Hearts (v.2a)
   2. To Strengthen Our Work (v. 2b)
   3. To Straighten Our Faith (v.2c)
2. Praise The Person Of God (3:3-7)
   1. For His Manifested Presence (v.3a-b)
   2. For His Majestic Peculiarities (vv.3c-40)
   3. For His Matchless Punishment (v.5)
   4. For His Mighty Power (vv.6-7)
      1. in surveying the earth (v.6a)
      2. in startling the nations (v.6b)
      3. in shattering the mountains (v.6c-d)
      4. in shaking the enemy (v.7)
3. Perceive The Purpose Of God (3:8-15)
   1. By Asking Petitions Of God (v.8)
   2. By Affirming The Pledge Of God (v.9a-b)
   3. By Applying The Power Of God (vv.8c-11)
   4. By Accepting The Provision Of God (vv.12-13b)
   5. By Analyzing The Plan Of God (vv.13c-15)
4. Practice The Peace Of God (3:16-19)
   1. In Our Silence (v.16)
   2. In Our Suffering (v.17)
   3. In Our Salvation (vv.18-19)

Our Billion Soul efforts center on pastors and the local church, while working in tandem with all leadership gifts in the Church. We have said from the beginning that “the most important person in every community on earth is not the governor, the congressman, the senator or even the President. The most important person in every community is the local, Spirit-filled pastor.”

We are not about “playing church” or “holding down the fort,” nor do we concern ourselves with doing “business as usual” that did not finish the task the first time. We are about embracing the new face of Christianity that works together to complete the Great Commission. We are not about the Western Church telling pastors worldwide how to win a billion but the whole church serving together to finish the Great Commission as fast as possible.

We are all about asking how we can add value to each other. Friends are life’s greatest treasure. If we don’t grow and go, we will but dry and die. If we don’t synergize then we will not mobilize. If we don’t evangelize, then we will fossilize.

Until The Last Person Has Heard,

James O. Davis COCHAIR Global Networking

Suliasi Kurulo COCHAIR Oceania/Unreached Peoples

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